If we wage war, let us wage TOTAL War, and get it over with quickly. We have grown too fond of playing at war.

Man, have you been reading Curt LeMay's memoirs? His sentiments exactly. (which I happen to agree with)

But I will side with Chase on the Bierce thing. Robt E. Lee, as great as he was (and he was), was as wooden as a two-by-four in his C/W years. Lee makes Al Gore look like Robin Williams.

Having said that, Lee knew where the fun was in camp. That's why he invariably gravitated to Longstreet, not Jackson. I mean, how many lemons can you suck for fun?